TechCore - Information Literacy

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IS THIS TRUE? COULD ABRAHAM LINCOLN HAVE COMMENTED ON THE INTERNET???

Review some of the following websites with a partner. Keep in mind the following:

Do they provide accurate information?
How do you know?
Would students assume information found on the sites above is true? Why?
How could you use this with your students to teach them about Information Literacy?
Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division (Links to an external site.)
**The Dog Island** (Links to an external site.)
The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus (Links to an external site.)
All About Explorers (Links to an external site.)
Mechanical Marvels of the Nineteenth Century (Links to an external site.)
**Dangers of Bread** (Links to an external site.)

The Five W's of Website Evaluation (Links to an external site.)

Information Literacy Resources - Take 2 minutes to look at the following sites.
Snopes.com

Urban Legends

Hoaxbusters.org

Wikipedia

Politifact

Factcheck

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